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Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 Made Easy

An easy guide to creating PowerPoint presentations

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To ensure success, students should be familiar with using personal computers, and should have experience using a keyboard and mouse.

Students should be comfortable in the Windows® environment, and be able to use Windows to manage information on their computers.

Specific tasks the students should be able to perform include: launching and closing applications, and navigating basic file structures.

Description

This Introduction to PowerPoint training class is designed for students who are interested in learning the fundamentals needed to create and modify basic presentations using Microsoft Office PowerPoint. Students will explore the PowerPoint environment and create a presentation. Students will format text on slides to enhance clarity and add graphical objects to a presentation and modify them. Students will also add tables and charts to a presentation to present data in a structured form and then finalize a presentation.

The terminology you expect to find within this course is very user-friendly and easy to understand for those who want learn the fundamentals of PowerPoint 2016.

The course consists of 12 sections, 12 quizzes, and 52 lectures along with interactive videos and activities.

The course can be completed within a six week time frame and includes four video lectures per section.

You should take this self-paced Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 course if you want to start using PowerPoint immediately. Confidence will come through learning, knowing, and applying the skills you will gain from this course.

Who is the target audience?

This course is designed for students who wish to gain a foundational understanding of Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 that is necessary to create and develop engaging multimedia presentations.

By the end of this video the student will be able to adjust the timing of slide transition in PowerPoint.

Slide transition and timing

04:04

Section 6: Applying Your Skills

00:11

By the end of this assessment the student will demonstrate their knowledge of sorting slides, adding backgrounds and styles, customizing backgrounds, and inserting slide transition in a presentation.

Section 6: Self-assessment

3 questions

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Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 - Sorting Slides, Slide Master, and Banners

5 Lectures
10:39

By the end of this video the student will be able to sort slides in a different order in PowerPoint.

Sorting slides

01:48

By the end of this video the student will be able to navigate to the slide master, create and save a slide template in PowerPoint.

Editing the slide master

03:46

By the end of this video the student will be able to insert slide numbers within PowerPoint.

Inserting slide numbers

02:18

By the end of this video the student will be able to create a banner within a slide in PowerPoint.

Creating a banner

02:30

By the end of this practice exercise the student will be able to demonstrate skills of sorting slides, editing the slide master, inserting slide numbers, and creating banners in PowerPoint.

Section7: Applying Your Skills

00:17

By the end of this assessment the student will be able to demonstrate their knowledge of adding speaker notes, navigating slide master, inserting slide numbers, and creating a banner in a presentation.

Section 7: Self-assessment

4 questions

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Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 - Creating Videos and Other Effects

5 Lectures
19:45

By the end of this video the student will be able to save a PowerPoint presentation as a video file.

Saving PowerPoint as a video

02:33

By the end of this video the student will learn the differences between linking and embedding videos in PowerPoint.

Linking and embedding video

06:18

By the end of this video the student will be able to save PowerPoint slides as pdf and jpeg files.

Saving slides as pdf and jpeg

03:28

By the end of this video the student will be able to apply the mouse click effect in PowerPoint.

Applying mouse-click effects

07:04

By the end of this practice activity the student will demonstrate skills in saving a presentation as video, embedding video, and saving slides in pdf and jpeg.

Section 8: Applying Your Skills

00:22

By the end of this section the student will demonstrate their knowledge of saving PowerPoint presentations and video, linking and embedding videos, saving slides as pdf and jpeg, and using the mouse-over effect.

Section 8: Self-assessment

4 questions

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Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 - Adding Shapes and Actions

5 Lectures
13:39

By the end of this video the student will be able to insert action buttons within a presentation.

Adding action buttons

03:57

By the end of this video the student will be able to insert various shapes in PowerPoint.

Inserting shapes

02:12

By the end of this video the student will be able to format the color, thickness, size, angle, and 3-D effect of a shape.

Formatting shapes

03:28

By the end of this video the student will be able to add and format text within a shape in PowerPoint.

Adding text to shapes

03:46

By the end of this practice activity the student will demonstrate their skills of adding action buttons, inserting and formatting shapes, and adding text to shapes.

Section 9: Applying Your Skills

00:16

Students will demonstrate their knowledge of adding action buttons, inserting shapes, formatting shapes, and adding text to shapes.

Section 9: Quiz

3 questions

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Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 - Adding Tables, Charts, and Links

5 Lectures
08:53

By the end of this video the student will be able to add tables within a PowerPoint slide.

Adding a table

02:41

By the end of this video the student will learn how to format a table in a slide.

Dr. Harold L. Fisher has been a professor at College of Biblical Studies in Houston, Texas for the last seven years, and has been teaching for multiple universities online for the last eight years. Prior to becoming a professor, he taught in public school education for a total of eight years.

He received his doctorate degree in teacher leadership from Walden University, a master’s degree in education from American Intercontinental University in instructional technology, a master’s degree in education from Our Lady of the Lake University with dual majors in curriculum and instruction and master technology teaching, and he holds a third master’s degree in organizational leadership from Baptist Bible College. He finished his Bachelors of Science degree in biblical studies from College of Biblical Studies, and has a Texas teacher certification in Business Education from Texas State University.

He was the recipient of the 2009 Teacher of the Year award in Spring I.S.D. and the 2009 Teacher of the year for the Spring I.S.D. Virtual High School, featured as the 2009 Teacher of the Month (June) by KPRC Channel 2 Houston, and in 2009 he was recognized by Harris County Region 4 as Teacher of the Year. He was recently nominated by his peers to receive an award to the Delta Epsilon Chi Honor Society for Biblical Higher Education for his intellectual achievement, Christian character, and leadership ability.

He is the author of four books, “Virtual Schooling through the eyes of Teachers,” “Attitudes and Perspectives About Teaching of Teachers Who Provide Online Instruction at the Secondary Level,” “A Technology Workbook for Christian Learners” and "Microsoft Office 2010 Made Easy." He is currently working on multiple online courses, articles and book projects.

He has been married to his beautiful wife, Kym for twenty-two years. They have three kids, Brittani, Nicholas, and Sydnee.

Dr. Fisher’s favorite activities are golf, research, and spending vacation time with his wife and kids.